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March 4, 2009

Picadillo Pie

This recipe started out as a standard shepherd’s pie idea. But then I remembered that my boys love mashed sweet potatoes about 100 times more than regular mashed potatoes. I was researching ways to do shepherd’s pie when I stumbled across an old recipe I used to make for picadillo, and this idea was born.

Picadillo is a South American or Cuban dish made with ground meat, tomatoes, olives, raisins, and local vegetables. It resembles the ground beef mixture that is the beef layer of shepherd’s pie, so I thought I would try my hand at combining picadillo with shepherd’s pie, topping the pie with sweet potatoes instead of regular old mashed potatoes.

In a large skillet, brown the beef, onion, and garlic over medium-high heat. Once the meat is fully cooked, add the tomatoes and all remaining ingredients except the sweet potatoes. Cook for about 5-10 minutes over medium heat, until the mixture thickens.

Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, mash the sweet potatoes until no lumps remain.

Pour the beef mixture into the bottom of a two-quart or 9 x 13 baking dish. Top with the sweet potatoes (or half sweet potatoes and half regular potatoes, which is what we did):

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